Top 10 War Films Of The 1960s
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2021 Episode 21: Top 10 War Films Of The 1960s
Following on with our war films series looking at each defining era, we’re moving on to look at the ten best war movies made in the 1960s.
Have your own opinions? Post them in the comments below!
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We've had a lot of comments asking the whereabouts of 'Kelly's Heroes', so just to clear up, despite it being released on the cusp of the new era, it isn't a 1960s film.
'Kelly's Heroes' was released in 1970 and is instead included in our list looking at the best war films of the 1970s.
Love how Sean Connery started D-day as a private in The Longest Day and ended up a General by Arnhem in A Bridge Too Far
PROMOTIONS COME FAST DURING WARTIME.
Bridge is such an awesome movie. a team up with James Bond, Hannibal Lector, Sonny Corleone, Popeye Doyle... etc. an all time classic! amazing film!!!
@@robvegas9354 The cast was good but I found Bridge a little slow. Action sequences were awesome but the dialogue was slow for me. I felt the same about Big Red One. I find they don't have that gritty cowboy element in the characters like Attack with Jack Palace and Hell is For Heroes with Steve McQueen. I really like the earlier war movies.
Monty liked him!
And US Lieutenant Colonel of the 101st Airborne Troops in "The Presidio" (1988)😂
"The Blue M
Ursula Undress (as we pre-teens called her) ... oo la la.
Certainly better than that god-awful Where Eagles Dare. How did that get in the top 10?
Not that great of a movie.
It should not have because this is THEIR list.
Really needed "The Devil's Brigade" in there.
The Longest Day, Zulu, The Dirty Dozen, Ivan's Childhood, Army of Shadows, The Battle of Algiers, Spartacus, War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia are my personal favorites from the 1960s.
Hi. I thought that I might have seen The Battle of Britain in there. Good list though. Well done. Regards from sunny Spain.
It was very close to being included, unfortunately it just missed out!
Agreed Stuart!!!! Battle of Britain is fantastic.
"The Train" & "The Hill" must be two of the most under-rated films of all time, regardless of genre
I agree, especially "The Train". Great camera work, good story and Burt Lancaster doing his own stunts. They don't make 'em like that any more!
Nota war film , but check out Connery in The Offence. An underrated actor at his darkest.
The Hill is very clever film. So entertaining.
Paul Scofield is masterful as the deranged Nazi colonel. Blech also appeared in Bridge at Remagen 1969 and Battle of the Bulge.
Notable Mentions : 36 Hours (1964), The Blue Max (1965), Khartoum (1966).
The cinematography in Lawrence of Arabia is stunning
a masterpiece
Truly one of the greatest films. It has an ability to pull you in and immerse you in a way that is unique. When Lawrence blows out the match and you switch to the desert my god you are just there! Will never tire of this film.
Richard Burton with his enormous bus driving wheel. Clint with his limitless supply of bullets.
terrible movie.
Aboulutely agree with your selection. Enjoyed every one
Great list. Thanks
Awesome List! Eagles and the Great escape are absolute classics and they used to show them at christmas every year, The Train is probably the most action packed movie ever made and an all time favorite. Von Ryans is unreal as well!
During my childhood.
Watch all the movies.
Love them.😙😙😙❤❤❤
Great video
Good selection. Have most of these on DVD. 👍
The Devils' Brigade could have got a mention. I love the scene where they take the whole town prisoner.
With general Archie Bunker in it!
I remember my dad taking me to watch Zulu, Where Eagles Dare, and Laurence of Arabia. They hold special memories for me every time I see them as a kid I remember sitting there with a carton of Kiora and a bag of Revells. Miss you dad.
But why not: "Play Dirty" (1969) / "Fabrik der offiziere" (1960), "36 Hours" 1965 / "The Bridge at Remagen" (1969) / "Counterpoint" (1967) / "Tobruk" (1967) "Hell in the Pacific" (1968) / "The Battle of the Bulge" (1965) / "The Battle of Britain" (1969) and "The Blue Max" (1966)! To put together an alternative top 10.
You have a nice top 10 list M8. Yeah WW2 pooney cinematic great!
Only one I agree with is Lawrence of Arabia. Followed by The Longest Day, The Great Escape, The Guns of Navarone, Zulu, Where Eagles Dare, Army of Shadows, The Dirty Dozen, The Battle of Britain and The Train.
Operation Crossbow is one of the most historically accurate WWII films of the era. The agent characters are fictitious, but all the secondary characters and events are very accurate, even to the point where it shows Professor Lindemann in complete denial about the V weapons right up till they're flying overhead. The testing of the V-1 was also accurately portrayed. To me it's far superior to a lot of the "cartoons" in this list like The Dirty Dozen and Where Eagles Dare.
1. Longest Day
2. Guns of Navarone
3. Alamo
4. Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
5. Shenandoah
6. Seven Days in May
7. Zulu
8. In Harm's Way
9. Battle of the Bulge
10. Great Escape
A good score helps. Good to have John Wayne in a War film. Andrew McLaglen is an underrated director.
Father Goose is a near miss
I guess you don't conster, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a war movie?
I could make my own list but that would have included films from the 50’s. One of my all time favorites is ‘Ice Cold in Alex’ which I think is a classic
Agree it was an excellent film.
Ice cold and The Cruel Sea I think say a lot of how Britain fought their war.
Excellent film
If we’re talking about 1950s movies, ‘Go For Broke’ should get an honorable mention.
TO ME ," WHERE EAGLES DARE " IS THE BEST WAR FILM OF THE 60'S .
The Bridge at Remagen.
Hell is for Heroes, Dirty Dozen, The Train, The Great Escape, Where Eagles Dare and of course the Masaki Kobayashi's Human Condition trilogy deserve to be on the top
Thanks for remembering Frankenheimer's "The Train." It seems unreservedly forgotten after nearly six decades. How about "Operation Crossbow?"
no 633 squadron ,crazy!
Hey Smashing UK, can you make Top 10 Middle Eastern War films?
We've got this on the to-do list for early next year! :)
Play Dirty (1969) / Up on the beach (1965) / 36 Hours (1964 ) / Als 2 Druppels Water (1963) / Week-end at Zuydcoote (1965) / The battle of the Bulge (1965) / Tobruk (1967) / The Devil's Brigade (1968) / La Grande Vadrouille (1966) / The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) . Is my TOP 10!
Number 8 (Where Eagles Dare) is the best film ever!!
Best? I always kind of find it boring.
Great choices. Nice to see Tarkovsky sneak in here. Are you doing the 50s too?
Indeed! It'll be our last video of the war film era series.
@@SmashingUKProductions Can't wait.
Tobruk, Battle of the Bulge, Anzio, The Hill, typical Hollywood productions but still worthy of mention.
Got to agree with "Lawrence of Arabia" as your top pick but the "The Train" would make my Top Ten List
Where Eagles Dare is a great movie, but the original novel it's adapted from is even better. There are some minor nitpicks between the two (they arrive in a Lancaster and leave in a Mosquito in the novel, but arrive and leave in a JU-52 in the movie). But the main plot twist is still there.
Always liked the Battle of the Bulge, the Battle of Britain, and the Bridge at Remagen.
Battle of the Bulge? lol
@@white-dragon4424 Just for the song.
@Green Sneakers & Ham That and the Green Berets, that the Vietnam troops laughed at when they were shown it.
Please now make a list of greatest films with no Oscar nominations
NICE I AGREE WHITH YOUR PICKS .
I liked the charge of the light brigade as well although not as good as any on this list
Charge of the light brigade is better then a lot of movies listed here. Great flick(charge of the light brigade.
Attack & Retreat from 1965 about the Italian army fighting on the Russian Front. Rarely runs on tv and haven't seen it on tv since 1993.
Interesting list, not a fan of all star casts but gotta love The Great Escape. Suggestions: Is Paris Burning, Sink The Bismarck, In Harms Way, PT-109, and my all time favorite that I’m surprised didn’t make the top 3, Dr. Strangelove. Think a couple of movies should be pushed down, The Dirty Dozen and the Longest Day.
Thanks for putting this together.
I was debating the inclusion of 'Dr. Strangelove' and whether it really is a war film or not, but decided it was best just to omit it just this time, but rest assured I love the film a lot, and it was included in our Cold War list.
What about Manchurian Candidate and Dr Strangelove?
Glad see you mentioned War and Peace, meaning you have a open mind. To me, War and Peace(of course not the Hollywood one), is the one, the only, the true master piece, the peak of no one can overtake, in the entire movie history, just like Gone with Wind in America movie history.
I am a Melville fan and I would replace Army of Shadows with Sink The Bismarck! (1960) My film short hand is: Any Anthony Quayle 1950s or 1960s war film is first rate.
Pretty much the golden age of war films. Every one a classic. Zulu is my favourite film of all time.
You should do a series of the best war films available on You Tube.
Operation Crossbow better be listed!
The Movie "Is Paris Burning ?" (Paris Brule-T'il?) should get a mention for its cast and the authentic footage spliced into it
The original original dirty dozen were the exercises US soldiers were required to do in WWII.
The push-up and the "jumping jack" are the two most famous.
How about Play Dirty with Michael Caine?
Now you're talking. Thats right!
Wow! Except for the foreign-language films, all my 60s favorites.
My pops called it The Longest Movie after he saw it in the theater.
What about Sink the Bismarck?
The Guns of Navarone > Where Eagles Dare
Battle of the bulge may be historically inaccurate, but what other movies have that many tanks in action?
Lawrence is one of the greatest films of any kind. Glad it's your number one.
No brainer on No 1, but a strong argument must be made for Dr Stranglove
sorry incorrect , the blue max is number 1 .
Is Paris Burning? (1966) should've been on this list, sure it's no The Longest Day, but it's still a pretty great WWII film.
1' the longest day , 2' the guns of navarone, 3' the bridge on the river kwai, 4' never so few , 5' the dirty dozen , 6 where eagals dare , 7' raid on rommel , 8 tobruk , 9' first to fight , 10' counterfit traitor , 11 the great escape
Bridge on River Kwai came out in 57
Well I expect Lawrence of Arabia would probably be the top film & it was indeed, Hm so many good films from the 60's.
Hopefully your 50's list might contain The Gifthorse (1952) & or The Yangtze Incident: The Story of the H.M.S Amethyst (1957), I recently found that film in an odd retro film shop is Brisbane & now one down on my war film to get list with seven to go (poor little Able Seaman Simon).
No Hell is for Heroes? No The Devil's brigade?
Kellies Heroes... My #1
'Kelly's Heroes' was released in 1970, so unfortunately it was ineligible for this list. Thanks for the comment!
@@SmashingUKProductions Made in 60s released in the 70s. Yeah I understand.. :) thanks
Where eagles dare should be number one. One of the best ww2-movies ever.
"Where Eagles Dare is overrated" but you have really underrated "The Longest Day" if you think it's not in the top two.
How do you not have “The Battle of Britain”, made in 1969. I believe “Patton” and “Tora, Tora, Tora” came out in 1970.
Theres no 1967 Westerplatte :(
in harm's way, battle of britain, the blue max, and devil's brigade all should be on the list or at least honorable mentions.
Not a fan of the Victors then? Carl Foreman's anti-war war film, one of the best.
No mention of “King and Country” made in 1964 with Tom Courtney and Dirk Bogarde, a court martial in the field of a soldier accused of desertion and cowardice,when in reality he is suffering PTSD. A very strong anti we message.
A great film, we featured 'King and Country' in our World War I list.
Is Paris Burning? (1966) And The Sand Pebbles (1966) Should Have Been In The Honourable Mentions.
Could anyone pick 10 films from the last decade that would give equal pleasure?
Dark of the Sun is not in the list. AAArgh
No Dambusters
'Dambusters' was released in 1955, we'll be doing a list on the best 1950s war films in a couple of weeks.
Ice Cold In Alex is a miss here.
The Longest Day SB at least second. Larry of Arabia is a masterpiece, no doubt.
Heroes of Telemark
They missed out battle of the Bulge and Battle of Britain some odd choices.
No Battle of Britain? Come on!
Where Eagles dare should be at no 2, still an amazing movie
"Hunde wollt ihr ewig leben" Is the greatest Film about Stalingrad!
Nail it!
Can someone help me identify a movie? Ends with a guy digging his own grave and uses it as a foxhole. Roll credits. WWII, Pacific, American, Japanese, black and white.
the battle of neretva 1969
Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare are not war films, but fantasy.
Sink the Bismarck. Hell is for Heroes. How could you miss these? Where Eagles Dare - is good, but total fiction - should not be here.
Sink the Bismarck is 1950s.
I've just noticed!!? In the zule clip 2nd and 3rd rank are using Lee Enfield rifles not the Martini Henry.
Did you also notice the Zulu spears had leaf shaped points rather than traditional assegais ? You would have imagined that someone would have pointed (no pun intended 😎) that out. Ruined the film for me. Well spotted by the way.
@@SpainHighlander you guys are nitpicking. A generational thing.
You do realize there was not exactly a huge martini Henry supply to use?
@@WALTERBROADDUS I was taking the piss ...duh !
11. Patton and 12. Battle of Briton
Unfortunately 'Patton' was released in 1970, it's featured in our 1970s list instead. Thanks for the comment.
@@SmashingUKProductions My Bad, Touche'.
How could you possibly forget the Green Berets????
Easily enough, because it was a terrible movie.
Underrated. Not the Duke's best War movie but good. Loses something in third act.
Battle of Algiers got freedom for Algeria whose population is all moving to France.
I'm not seing "The Train" with Burt Lancaster...
Unforgivable mistake.
3 seconds!
let's see...
Lawrence of Arabia
The Longest Day
Zulu
The Great Escape
The Dirty Dozen
Where Eagles Dare
The Guns of Navarone
The Train
El Cid
&
55 Days at Peking
A bridge too far?
WTF 😢Battle of Britain (1969) doesn’t even rate an honourable mention?!😂
Sad. indeed
Lot's of great deep war movies where ignored for mindless action
Shame that this is what Americans consider to be the best movies
Is this a joke? The Battle of Britain not even mentioned!
Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)? Lost Command (1966)? Pork Chop Hill?
THESE ARE ALL BLOODY CRAP SO CALLED FILMS .
Paths Of Glory?
A great movie but produced in 1957.
As George has rightfully stated, it is an incredible movie, but it was released in 1957. We'll be doing a list on the best 1950s war films in a couple weeks.
What about bridge on the river Kwai?
'The Bridge on the River Kwai' was released in 1957. We'll be doing a list on the best 1950s war movies in a couple of weeks.
No room for Stalag 17 or Van Ryan's Express?
'Stalag 17' was released in 1953 so is unfortunately ineligible for this list, but it's featured in our 1950s video. And 'Von Ryan's Express' is at 08:04.
@@SmashingUKProductions Oops!
Bridge over the River Kwai??…nope, take that back, came out in ‘57…
Haha no worries, we'll be doing our list on the best 50's war movies in a couple weeks.